2 Samuel 7:24

and hast established for thyself thy people Israel—for thyself as a people, unto times age-abiding,—thou thyself, also, O Yahweh, becoming their God.

The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham

In The King James Version

For thou hast confirmed to thyself thy people Israel to be a people unto thee for ever: and thou, LORD, art become their God.

In Context

23Who, then, is like thy people, like Israel, a nation alone in the earth? whom God went to redeem for himself as a people, so to make himself a name, and to do for you the great deed, fearful things also for thy land, to make way for thy people, whom thou hadst redeemed for thyself, out of Egypt, [dealing with] nations and their god’s;

25Now, therefore, O Yahweh Elohim, the word which thou hast spoken concerning thy servant, and concerning his house, confirm thou, unto times age-abiding,—and do, as thou hast spoken:

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Cross References

Genesis 17:7And I will confirm my covenant betwixt me and thee and thy seed after thee to their generations for an age-abiding covenant,—to become to thee a God, and to thy seed after thee;

Exodus 15:2My might and melody, is Yah, And he became mine, by salvation,—This, is my GOD, and I will glorify him, The God of my father and I will set him on high.

Deuteronomy 27:9And Moses and the priests the Levites spake unto all Israel saying,—Keep silence and hear O Israel, This day, hast thou been made a people unto Yahweh thy God.

1 Chronicles 17:22and didst appoint thy people Israel for thyself as a people, unto times age-abiding,—thou thyself, also, O Yahweh, becoming their God?

Isaiah 12:2Lo, GOD is my salvation! I will trust and not dread,—For, my might and melody, is Yah, Yahweh, And he hath become mine, by salvation.

Jeremiah 31:33For, this, is the covenant which I will solemnize with the house of Israel after those days Declareth Yahweh, I will put my law within them, Yea, on their heart, will I write it,—So will I become their God, And they shall become my people.

Matthew Henry on 2 Samuel 7:19-29

David's Prayer for God's Blessing. ( b. c. 1042.) 18 Then went king David in, and sat before the Lord , and he said, Who am I, O Lord God ? and what is my house, that thou hast brought me hitherto? 19 And this was yet a small thing in thy sight, O Lord God ; but thou hast spoken also of thy servant's house for a great while to come. And is this the manner of man, O Lord God ? 20 And what can David say more unto thee? for thou, Lord God , knowest thy servant. 21 For thy word's sake, and according to thine own… Read the whole commentary →

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